[R] Can't Load Text Files

[Jia Ying Mei]

Hi,

I've completely forgotten how to do R, and it seems I can't even load 
simple files correctly.

I have two tab deliminated text files (attached, these were test files 
of the larger data files I'm trying to work with) that I am trying to 
load into R so that I can merge them. They were originally excel files 
but I used "saved as" to reformat to text. I don't know if it's 
relevant, but I use a mac.

These are the error messages I get:
 > source("/Users/jiayingmei/Desktop/R/Testdate.txt")
Error in eval.with.vis(expr, envir, enclos) : object "Date" not found

Error in source("/Users/jiayingmei/Desktop/R/Testinput.txt") :
  /Users/jiayingmei/Desktop/R/Testinput.txt: unexpected symbol at
1: Date    France

I'm sure its something simple that is causing this, but I've been away 
from R very long, and I've been trying to pick it up today, sorry if 
this is a stupid post. I even tried to shift through some of the guides 
and manuals out there, but I can't seem to find help regarding loading a 
file (or placing them in some directory so that R can find them). I know 
I've been taught this most simplest of things, but obviously I've 
forgotten just about everything.

Jia Ying Mei
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